I have a memory of school from when I was about 9.
The school kitchens were closed for two weeks in May but I can’t remember why.
It meant that mum had to bring all 3 of us home at lunchtimes.
I remember on one particular occasion that I noticed mum wasn’t eating lunch – I don’t recall her eating lunch at any point during those 2 weeks – and asked why.
She said she was fasting. As a child I accepted the explanation and carried on eating and chatting away as one does at that age.
It was only years later that I recalled the memory and realised that her explanation was a lie.
Sikhs don’t fast. It is not part of the religion at all.
So then maybe culturally? Sikhs, having originated from Hindu’s, do still sometimes observe cultural rituals that are the same. Some women may indeed…
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